title: The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: a nurse's guide to PEG tubes.
abstract: Nurses are primarily responsible for the care and maintenance of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes and yet their care is not often included in nursing skills textbooks. Best practice recommendations to care for a person with a PEG tube are described.
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Shellie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Remington
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal; D004724:Endoscopy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000517:prevention & control